Lagothrix Geoffroy (woolly monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae
Synonym: Gastrimargus Spix 1823
Parent taxon: Atelidae according to J. C. Opazo et al. 2006
See also Fooden 1963, Hershkovitz 1974, Meireles et al. 1999 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Alouatta, Alouattinae, Ateles, Atelinae, Brachyteles
Subtaxa: Lagothrix (Oreonax) Lagothrix cana Lagothrix flavicauda Lagothrix lagotricha Lagothrix lugens Lagothrix poeppigii
Type: Simia lagotricha
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cocha Cashu Biological Station (Quaternary of Peru)
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